Senior Software Engineer - Infrastructure Security (Remote)

The role

You will support Quora and Poe products as a member of the Security Engineering Team. You will build protections around products, infrastructure, and people to keep Quora safe.

What you will do

• Partner with engineering teams to review cloud and compute architecture design changes
• Establish threat models for cloud and compute paved roads to identify security risks
• Develop or adopt open-source tools to monitor and harden cloud Infrastructure, OS, security logging pipelines and detect intrusions
• Apply expert knowledge of security best practices for AWS and Kubernetes to inform remediations and the team's control roadmap
• Drive the definition and implementation of security policies and monitor in conformance to the policies
• Write code for automations that support security requirements like threat detection, incident containment, and network access management
• Conduct initial incident triage
• Determine scope, urgency, and potential impact of security incidents
• Participate in the incident response process

Required qualifications

• Capable software engineer
• Spiking in at least one of the following domain expertise: Cloud Infrastructure Security, Automation and Secure Development Practices, or Linux/System Security

Nice to have

• Implemented security in Kubernetes clusters or serverless architectures
• Experience building secure web applications and APIs, with a working grasp of the OWASP Top 10 and common vulnerabilities such as XSS, CSRF, and SQL injection

Benefits

• Medical/dental/vision coverage
• Equity refreshers
• Remote work reimbursement
• Paid time off
• Employee assistance programs

Before you apply

• Identity verification and a comprehensive background check prior to onboarding

About the company

Quora is a privately held, remote-first company with a mission to grow the world's collective intelligence through platforms like Quora and Poe.